Slow Food Singleton

22/10/2026

Our next Slow Food Singleton meeting is Tues 27 Oct. We will discuss the Edible Garden Trail: stats about visitors and $ and sharing of stories.
It's at the ‘Albion Park building’ next to Singleton Community Garden Bathurst St, Singleton (near cnr Harriet St). You can arrive any time from 6.30pm to meet and chat (optional BYO food/drink) and the meeting will start at 7pm.
Also BYO garden produce to swap and share!
If you want to join in via Zoom, please let us know in advance. (You may already have it: It is the same link as all other meetings this year).
Everyone is welcome (you don't need to be a member of Slow Food Singleton).
Members & supporters will receive an email with the agenda (running a bit behind this month).
If you would like to join Slow Food Singleton (only $25/yr) pls message us.

19/10/2026

Plants for sale 🌳☘️ ! Tues 20th, 9am-12 ONLY, 45 Dangar Rd, Singleton (at end of rd): 'left over' plants from the Singleton Red Cross massive stall that was part of our Slow Food Singleton Edible Garden Trail last Sun 18th
Card or cash, but pls - between 9 and 12 only, and on Tues 20th only! No more after that! And we definitely can't answer any questions by Facebook or Messenger sorry.

19/10/2026

A huge thank you to all the gardeners, volunteers and visitors who made our 2026 Edible Garden Trail such a success. Thankfully the weather was very kind to us and everyone had a great day. I hope all participants finished the day with lots of enthusiasm and new planting ideas! When we decide on the timing for our next Trail Day we'll let you know. What a great community we have in Singleton.

Cheers

Simon Brooker
President
Slow Food Singleton

19/10/2026

Planting in Oct (although it’s almost over!) from our friends at Slow Food Hunter Valley

Better late than never they say! We hope that you have shared a bit of the rain this week and that you find this list of October planting and gardening tasks useful. This October has begun with some warm, dry weather, but that bit of moisture will help to get the soil smiling. Keep your seedlings deeply watered to encourage those roots to grow down, helping them through the summer to come, and mulch, mulch, mulch! Enjoy gardening in the cool of the morning and evening.
Direct sow in the ground:
Amaranth
Bean (climbing/dwarf) - see our snake bean growing guide at https://www.facebook.com/SlowFoodHunterValley/posts/3682717881814393
Beetroot
Carrot
Chives
Cucumber
Ginger
Lettuce (hot weather varieties)
Marrow
Melon
Parsley
Parsnip
Potato
Pumpkin - see our pumpkin growing guide at https://www.facebook.com/SlowFoodHunterValley/posts/4333918213361020
Radish
Rocket
Salsify
Silverbeet
Spring Onion
Squash
Sunflower
Sweet Corn
Turnip
Zucchini
Plant in seed trays:
Artichoke
Cabbage
Capsicum
Chilli
Celery
Eggplant - see our eggplant growing guide at https://www.facebook.com/SlowFoodHunterValley/posts/3577064639046385
Leek
Okra
Mint
Tomato - see our tomato growing guide at https://www.facebook.com/SlowFoodHunterValley/posts/3429313820488135
For tips for growing from seed see: https://www.facebook.com/SlowFoodHunterValley/posts/2911739518912237
Sustainable Gardening Australia has provided an October garden to do list, which serves as a reminder on what garden tasks to tackle right now:
Weeding - cut down the competition in your veggie patch
Planting - October is a huge month to plant out your summer crops
Mulch - helps conserve water and adds organic matter to your garden
Tool maintenance - will save money and plant problems
Green manure - crops like clover, pigeon pea, soybean, wheat grass, barley, millet will all help improve your soil
Happy gardening!
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17/10/2026

Cake & lunch stall at Singleton Community Garden. Bathurst St til 1-ish today Sun. 🪴☘️💐 Plant stall end of Dangar Rd until 4! Both are part of the Singleton Edible Garden Trail. Also at Community Garden: seed library info, fresh produce for sale, Slow Food Singleton info, ‘ask Andrew the horticulturist', and bush Tucker plant talks.
And it’s not too late to join the Singleton Edible Garden Trail today! All details in event.

17/10/2026

Singleton Edible Garden Trail today Sun! Tix at Trybooking as below, or head down to Singleton Community Garden from 10am for tix, info, cake & refreshment stall .
🐩 Also pls respect - no pets on the Trail or in the Community Garden on Trail Day please

17/10/2026

Massive plant stall Sun 18th Oct at end of Dangar Rd, Singleton 10am - 4pm. Run by Singleton Red Cross as part of the Singleton Edible Garden Trail. 🌳☘️
You don't need a Trail ticket to come to the stall; but we would love you to join us on the whole Trail - tix & details at Trybooking (search 'Singleton Edible Garden Trail'). $15 adult / $30 a family to see 7 gardens. Trail tix also on sale at Singleton Community Garden from 10am-approx 1pm on Sunday. Addresses, times & access details for each garden will be sent to ticket buyers. You set your own itinerary & drive yourself for the day.
(You also don't need a Trail ticket to visit the Community Garden or the Red Cross cake and refreshment stall there!)
All gardens on the Trail are previewed on our page!
The Trail is organised by local community group Slow Food Singleton.
🐩 Also pls respect - no pets at the plant stall or at the Community Garden or on the Trail please

16/10/2026

The final preview of the 7 gardens in the Singleton Edible Garden Trail this Sun 18th Oct. Tix & details at Trybooking (search 'Singleton Edible Garden Trail'). 🌱 Singleton Community Garden is our Hub on Trail day, open from 10am to 1pm-ish - you don't need a Trail ticket to enter this garden! It's on Bathurst St, next to Albion Park. What's on offer?:
🌱 Chat to the gardeners and see the extensive range of vegies growing in raised beds, their excellent composting systems & crop rotation methods. (See our separate preview for the bush tucker garden).
🎫 Slow Food Singleton: Trail tickets sales & info about our activities and produce for sale 🍊🥕
🍰 🥮 Singleton Red Cross cake, slice, biscuit, sandwich & drinks stall from 10am til sold out! Don't miss out!
🫛 Singleton Seed Library sorting stall
🌳🪾☘️ Our professional horticulturist SFS member Andrew Price will answer gardening questions: bring down leaves, twigs, or plants that you need some info on!

Tickets for the whole Trail are $15 adult / $30 a family - at Trybooking as above and at Singleton Community Garden from 10am-approx 1pm on Trail day. Addresses, times & access details for each garden will be sent to ticket buyers. You set your own itinerary & drive yourself for the day. All gardens are previewed on our page.

(Note again that you don't need a Trail ticket to visit the Community Garden!)

🐩 Also pls respect - no pets on the Trail or in the Community Garden on Trail Day please

Proudly organised by local community group Slow Food Singleton - if you'd like to join us, get in contact!

15/10/2026

Our Monthly Crop Swap is on this Sat 17th at Singleton Public Library foyer ...bring your excess garden vegies - fruit - herbs 🥬🍅🍆🥒to swap between 9.30 and 10.30. How does it work and what can you swap? See details in the event link above.
Have nothing to swap? You can give a small donation to our community group in exchange for some produce (from 10am).

Monthly Crop Swap is organised by local community group Slow Food Singleton for our local community!
📷: from previous Crop Swaps!

Plus: follow it up visiting the gardens of locals growing vegies and fruit on the Singleton Edible Garden Trail on Sun 18th!

14/10/2026

The 6th preview of the 7 gardens in the Singleton Edible Garden Trail this Sun 18th Oct. Tix & details at Trybooking (search 'Singleton Edible Garden Trail'). 🌱 This garden at the end of Dangar Rd Singleton is also where Singleton Red Cross will have their Plant Stall - you don't need a Trail ticket to visit the stall, which will be open from 10am all day (till sold out!) There will be all sorts of plants for sale, not just edibles!

This large country garden was a bare paddock almost 40 years ago. It has many fruit trees (fig, citrus, macadamia, mulberry). There are 8 wicking beds for vegetables and herbs, plus 3 other vegie patches with sweet potatoes , asparagus and berries. Compost bins, a worm farm and garden beds for roses and flowers also feature. Another interesting feature is a shallow vegetable bed above concrete water tanks that are being used as a retaining wall. There is a large native plant area, as well as Japanese mini-forests in the adjoining paddock (not accessible) to provide habitat for native animals and birds.

Tickets for the Trail are $15 adult / $30 a family - at Trybooking as above and at Singleton Community Garden, Bathurst St from 10am-approx 1pm on Trail day. Addresses, times & access details for each garden will be sent to ticket buyers. You set your own itinerary & drive yourself for the day.
(Note that you don't need a Trail ticket to go to the Plant Stall)

Singleton Red Cross will also have a 🍰 🥮cake, slice, biscuit, sandwich, drinks stall at the Community Garden from 10am til sold out! (You also don't need a Trail ticket to visit this stall & the Community Garden!

All gardens on the Trail are being previewed on our page!
Proudly organised by local community group Slow Food Singleton - if you'd like to join us, get in contact!